Study Shows How Groups of Bacteria Can Work Together for Better Protection of Crops

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE 12.29.2020 07:30 AM

Certain bacteria, also called plant-growth-promoting-bacteria or PGPB, can improve or shield plant health from pathogens usually used to help crops.

Do You Expect Your Skin To Be Toxic To Ticks, but It’s Not? Here’s Why, According To Science

12.17.2020 18:00 PM

New research finds a toxin from ancient bacteria helps ticks survive and transfer Lyme disease to the humans they're feeding on.

Black Sea Microbes Support Theory That All Organisms Have Common Ancestors

09.24.2020 08:20 AM

The tree of life is often traced back to the Last Universal Common Ancestor, where all complex life forms share a single origin. Microbes found in the Black Sea may explain a period where bacteria, eukaryotes, and archaea had a similar cell structure, particularly the lipid membrane.

Air-gen Device Makes Electricity 'Out of Thin Air'

02.27.2020 06:39 AM

New green technology uses natural protein to make electricity from moisture in the air which could lessen climate change and power medical devices.

Can You 'Catch' Cancer or Obesity from Other People?

01.29.2020 08:01 AM

Noncommunicable diseases cannot be passed between people — or can they? People during the early years were plagued by tuberculosis infections, malaria, constant syphilis outbreaks and wounds that were laced with bacteria and never healed.

Scientists Use Microbes to Determine Ancient Sea Temperature Changes

10.08.2019 07:33 AM

This will help researchers better study how ocean temperatures have changed over time. (Photo : Australian Institute of International Affairs) In a recent study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a group of scientists used single-cell organisms, called archaea, to better determine changes in ancient sea temperatures and conditions.

Scientists are Looking at Fecal Transplants to Aid in Wildlife Conservation

09.07.2019 08:24 AM

The naturally picky eaters that are koalas only eat one type of eucalyptus, but fecal transplants might change their meal plan.

The Planet’s First Mass Extinction Was Caused by the Production of Oxygen

09.07.2019 08:16 AM

The emergence of algae triggers a mass poisoning of life on Earth. Recorded deep in the bedrock of Earth is a detailed history of mass specie extinction.

Gut Microbes could Determine Vulnerability in Lemur Species

07.18.2019 09:01 AM

The most at risk lemur species can be determined based on the trillions of bacteria that inhabit their guts.

Experts Warn Against Significant Consequences for Leaving Microbes Out of Climate Change Conversation

06.19.2019 09:06 AM

The researchers hope that their statement will raise awareness both for how microbes can influence climate change and how they will be impacted by it, calling for including microbes in climate change research, increasing the use of research involving unique technologies, and improving education in classrooms

Nearly 200,000 Viruses Discovered in Decade-Long Ocean Expedition

05.03.2019 22:16 PM

Find out why discovering 200,000 marine based viruses is so important. (Photo : Foreign and Commonwealth Office) For the past years, a group of scientists was sent to an expedition to carry out a survey on marine life.

Pollution-Consuming and Electricity-Producing Bacteria Successfully Collected for Research

03.08.2019 08:07 AM

Abdelrhman Mohamed and his colleagues have captured bacteria that can absorb pollution and generate electricity.

New Antibiotic Discovered Against Drug-Resistant Pathogens In Microbes From Italian Soil

06.25.2017 03:43 AM

Microbes from Italian soil are the sources of the new antibiotic discovered by researchers from Rutgers University in New Brunswick. The new drug will kill antibiotic resistant pathogens.

Antibiotic-Resistance Microbes Had Predecessor 450-Million Years Ago Before The Mesozoic Era

05.13.2017 11:37 AM

Researcher learned about the gene evolution of Antibiotic resistance microbes while they found the oldest predecessor. This will help to find the cure for this deadly infection for hospitalized patients.

New Tools Developed To Locate And Control Bacterial Species In Gut

05.03.2017 10:51 AM

Scientists have created novel techniques that show how multiple bacteria in the gut can be identified as well as manipulated.

Microbes In Human Body: Connection Between Abundance Of Various Microbiota Species & Accessibility Of Its Resources

04.30.2017 23:01 PM

The researchers built up a scientific mathematical model that portrays the connection. It depends on the natural thought that populaces of two species that depend on similar resources have a tendency to develop and decrease as one.

Oxygen Is Not Always A Lifeline [VIDEO]

04.21.2017 02:05 AM

Scientists find that life can exist even if there is no oxygen When you walk through the hot springs of Yellowstone National Park, you may find extreme environments.

Here's A Skin Cream Made From A Person’s Own Microbes

02.28.2017 01:20 AM

Studies show that the body is composed of several microorganisms which are actually more numerous than the human's cells. Lately, scientists were curious on how can these microbes affect humans. With a recent finding, it was found out that a person's microbes can actually be utilized for skin care.

Rice Plants Can Be Saved From Rice Blast And Arsenic Through New Found Microbes

02.21.2017 05:21 AM

New study has found out that rice plants can be saved from 'Rice Blast' and Arsenic-infected water and soil through new found microbes that will boost its defense naturtally.

Microbes, Sponge Oldest Organism And Species Alive Today For Over 120 Thousand And 760 Million Years Old

02.21.2017 00:14 AM

Organisms like the cyanobacteria and blue-green algae were believed being around for billions of years where life started. Hence, there is no discovery yet of the oldest of all living organism or species on the planet, these recent discoveries are the leads.

Sampling the World’s Oceans on a Global Scale Reveals the Complex Relationship between Viruses and Microbes

05.23.2015 15:16 PM

If you're going to study something as vast as the world's oceans, it helps if you have a large cadre of scientists to sift through the data. And that's just what an international research team, led by University of Arizona scientists, have done. They are rolling out the results of a three-year expedition in which they cataloged over 150,000 tiny ocean creatures, most of which are brand new discoveries.